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Those who’ve worked with Pope Leo XIV are optimistic he’ll elevate women’s roles — with limits

Nicole Winfield, Associated Press

May 18, 2025

Pope Leo XIV's waves to people before his formal inauguration of his pontificate with a Mass in St. Peter's Square attended by heads of state, royalty and ordinary faithful, Sunday, May 18, 2025.

‘Exactly what our church needs’: Marylanders react to Pope Leo XIV becoming 1st American pontiff

Cody Boteler, Darreonna Davis and Jasmine Vaughn-Hall

Updated May 9, 2025

Cardinal Robert Prevost appears on the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica after being chosen the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, choosing the name of Pope Leo XIV, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Church abuse survivors must file lawsuits as Archdiocese of Baltimore bankruptcy case drags on

Alex Mann and Dylan Segelbaum

May 7, 2025

Frank Schindler of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) at a press conference at the Garmatz U.S. District Courthouse about the looming deadline for survivors to file lawsuits to preserve higher payouts in light of changes coming to the Child Victims Act of 2023.

Greater Grace megachurch expels two pastors accused of sexual misconduct

Jessica Calefati

Apr 24, 2025

A woman who alleges she was assaulted by a Greater Grace pastor as a child protests outside the church in 2024 alongside relatives, friends and supporters.

Pope Francis’ funeral to be held Saturday, with public viewing starting Wednesday

Nicole Winfield and Colleen Barry, Associated Press

Apr 22, 2025

Bells tolled in chapels, churches and cathedrals around the world after Pope Francis’ death was announced on Monday.

Archbishop Lori urges Maryland Catholics to remember Pope Francis by serving the less fortunate

Darreonna Davis, Jess Nocera, Rona Kobell and Bria Overs

Apr 22, 2025

Leonor and Jose Rivera hold each other as they pay respects and mourn at a portrait of Pope Francis after a Mass at The Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in North Baltimore on Monday evening.

Law firm defending Baltimore jail conditions faces sanctions over AI-generated filings

Her final assignment before graduation? Beating Stage 3 cancer

Kayla Case and her son, Silas, 4, and daughter, Serena, 3, at Georgetown East Elementary School in Annapolis, where Case is a reading and math intervention teacher.

Sandy Point is a scenic beach. It’s a 70-year-old civil rights landmark, too.

When Sandy Point State Park opened in 1952, it had separate beaches for Blacks and whites. The NAACP legal victory in the U.S. Supreme Court in 1955 ended the legal justification for segregation and parks nationwide.

Inside the tumultuous end of Brandon Hyde’s Orioles career

Manager Brandon Hyde during 2025 Baltimore Orioles Media Day at Ed Smith Stadium in Sarasota, Florida Wednesday February 19, 2025.

Artscape, Deathfest and more: Here’s what to know about traffic & parking this weekend

Numerous streets will be closed for Artscape, Deathfest, Festival of India, and more events starting on Friday.

For Maryland Catholics, Pope Francis opened doors: ‘People found this pope different’

Updated Apr 21, 2025

EDMONTON, AB - JULY 26: Pope Francis arrives at Commonwealth Stadium to give an open-air mass on July 26, 2022 in Edmonton, Canada. The pope is meeting with Indigenous communities and community leaders in Canada in an effort to reconcile the history of physical and sexual abuse of Indigenous children in the country's Catholic-run residential schools, as detailed in a 2015 Canadian-government-funded commission report.

Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff who ministered with a charming, humble style, dies at 88

Nicole Winfield, Associated Press

Apr 21, 2025

Pope Francis waves to thousands of followers as he arrives at the Manila Cathedral on January 16, 2015 in Manila, Philippines.

Archdiocese of Baltimore invokes ‘charitable immunity.’ Survivors say it’s justice delayed.

Apr 21, 2025

Archbishop William E. Lori in 2023. The archdiocese has spent $13.2 million on survivors since the 1980s, Lori has said.

Former member sues Greater Grace, alleging megachurch ignored sexual abuse

Jessica Calefati

Updated Apr 18, 2025

Survivors of Greater Grace and their loved ones held a protest outside of the Baltimore campus in 2024.

Woman joins growing wave of lawsuits alleging sexual abuse at Calvert Hall

Apr 17, 2025

Calvert Hall College High School photographed on Thursday, April 17, 2025.

New court filings reveal total of 19 men allege sexual abuse and cover-up at Calvert Hall

Apr 15, 2025

Attorney Steve Kelly, who is working with some of those who claim to be survivors of abuse, accused Calvert Hall of retaliating against victims when they came forward with concerns.

Survivors allege ‘decades’ of sexual abuse and cover-up at Calvert Hall

Updated Apr 14, 2025

Attorney Robert Jenner, center, called on Gov. Wes Moore to veto legislation that would slash what survivors of childhood sexual abuse can win in civil court cases in Maryland.

Ex-priest accused of sex abuse in Baltimore County indicted on 15 charges

Updated Apr 9, 2025

“Father Bill” is alleged to have abused a boy while he was in grades two through four in the early ’90s.

Former student sues Baltimore Talmudical Academy, alleging rabbi sexually abused him

Apr 7, 2025

Ex-Catholic priest accused of child sex abuse eligible for home detention, judge rules

Cody Boteler and Dylan Segelbaum

Mar 25, 2025

A cross over the entrance to St. Agnes School in Baltimore.

Maryland Supreme Court takes up report on sex abuse within Archdiocese of Baltimore

Dylan Segelbaum

Mar 24, 2025

Archdiocese of Baltimore

Ex-priest who helped report notorious abuser now charged with sex abuse from 1990s

Justin Fenton and Darreonna Davis

Updated Mar 24, 2025

Buried under a Reisterstown churchyard: A 13,000-year-old tool

Mar 17, 2025

The sidescraper found at Piney Grove.

Pope Francis stable and improving after respiratory crisis

Nicole Winfield and Francesco Sportelli, Associated Press

Mar 2, 2025

Well-wishers in Italy pray for Pope Francis in front of the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, where he has been hospitalized in Rome.

Pope had coughing fit, inhaled vomit and his prognosis remains guarded, Vatican says

Nicole Winfield, Associated Press

Feb 28, 2025

Catholic faithful carry images of Pope Francis at an outdoor mass to pray for him on February 24, 2025 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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